Obituaries

1924-2022 John Gordon Lockwood was born on 5 December 1924 in Wandsworth, London, to parents Ernest John Lockwood (1899-1980) and Ethel Dorothy Sweetman (née Sweetman) (1896-1988). He was followed a few years later by sister, Sheila Margaret (1928-1996). John was educated at the City of London School and excelled at academics…

Geoffrey Thompson was born in North London in 1935, attending the City of London School in 1946-52. In his tenure at CoLS he was proud to represent the school in the boxing team. After he left with an A-Level in Geography and 7 O-Levels Geoffrey joined Carter Son & White…

5 Jan 1934 – 28 Jan 2022 It is with great sadness that I report the death of my father, Michael Sidney Macintyre Read. Michael had a life well lived and he coveted the years he spent as a pupil at CLS (1946-1950). His time at the school defined his…

1944 - 2021 Eric was born on May 20 1944 and spent the remaining war years in Yorkshire with his mother, after which the family settled in Enfield.  He attended the George Spicer primary school and started piano lessons at a young age, gaining a place at the Junior Royal…

Richard Mutter joined The City of London School and The Temple Church choir at age 10 (1975). He won the Progress prize in 2B1 and was awarded the prize at prizegiving by the Lord Mayor of London. He did numerous solos at The Temple Church, including the duo in Splendente…

13 June 1933 - 10 June 2021 John, who died earlier this year at the age of 87, was master in charge of rowing and a geography teacher at City of London School from 1974-1993. Before becoming a teacher in the late 1960s, John worked for an engineering business in the…

19 February 1929 – 17 October 2021 It is hard to describe how lucky we were, those of us who were taught by and worked with Peter Coulson, who has died, aged 92. He taught at CLS from 1965 to 1988, twenty-three years that saw huge transformations in culture, society,…

Vernon Neville Stockton (Class of 1945) passed away peacefully on 20 June 2021 at North Middlesex Hospital, aged 92, after a short illness. He was a keen member of the John Carpenter Club for many years and along with his brother Derek Paul Stockton, was evacuated to Marlborough during WWII.…

1935-2021 I went to CLS in Autumn 1947 and joined Old2A.  Among the 30’ish was Frank Judd.  Most of us lived in the suburbs and came in each day in old pre-war trains, cranky trams or Underground.  The atmosphere was smoky and really rather unhealthy and I recall seeing the…

1954-2020 It is with enormous sadness that we have to report the sudden and untimely death of our lovely friend,  John Lewis.  He was a pioneering and widely admired zoo and wild animal vet,  a lifelong loyal friend to many of us,  but most importantly a loving and deeply loved…

Roy taught German and French at CLS from 1973 until 2008 and was Head of Modern Languages between 1982 and 2003. Roy leaves his wife, Joan, and his children Kate, Sarah and John (Class of 2005). Roy's valete from his time at school can be found below. "Roy Reardon joined…

Professor Emeritus Hugh Ormsby-Lennon grew up in London, a few houses from the British Museum and attended City of London School from 1958 to 1966. Hugh moved smoothly up the A stream, leaving from Joe Hunt’s History Sixth to King's College, Cambridge. Hugh was always a surprise: a cockney, born…

1941–2021 In attempting to summarise the life of Mike Apted, it would be impossible for anyone outside of the cinema and TV industry to do justice to the life achievements of one of the greatest directors born in the UK. This task is far better left to the specialist publications…

Arthur Ashton Carter was born on 1st February 1929 at his home in Barnton, which was then a small village near Northwich, Cheshire.  He was the youngest of four children, an older sister and two brothers.  He won a scholarship to Sir John Deane's Grammar School in Northwich where he…

We were sorry to be recently informed of Martin's passing in Autumn 2019. With thanks to his wife, Pamela, for this obituary.

His many friends have been much saddened by the death, from cancer, of Malcolm D’Aubney on 17 August 2020. He was a most stalwart member of the John Carpenter Club, serving on its general committee for eleven years from 1969 and enthusiastically attending all the meetings and dinners. Malcolm was…